Re: What's the advantage of Windows Defender?

Hank Arnold (MVP)

Dawn wrote:
> Hello, im new to this message thing, while trying to turn on my windows
> defender i received a message that read: the pipe state is invalid" Does
> anyone know what this means, in laments terms please...
>
> "Mr. Arnold" wrote:
>
>> "Brian" <> wrote in message
>> news:.gbl...
>>> Is it necessary to keep Windows Defender running if you've already got a
>>> third-party antivirus and firewall running? Does Defender do anything
>>> extra?
>> No not really but some like to use the layered protection approach, in case
>> a solution can be taken down by malware you have some backup,
>>

Try:



Also, have you looked in the event logs? If you are having trouble
booting, try booting into Safe Mode..


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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services